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Recipes: Potassium-Rich Sweet Potatoes

High-Potassium Foods Can Offset Sodium

Potassium can help manage blood pressure in two ways: It naturally helps to flush sodium out of the body, and it can help blood vessel walls to relax.

Potassium-rich foods include a variety of fruits and vegetables: spinach, tomatoes, oranges, lima beans and broccoli, to name a few. Topping the list are sweet potatoes.

One sweet potato contains nearly 700 mg of potassium, approximately 15 percent of the recommended daily amount. Sweet potatoes don’t have to be boring: These two recipes from the CVI’s Healthy Heart Cookbook make for interesting flavor combinations.